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Using Biotechnology for the Production and Enhancement of Livestock Feed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

Gary F. Hartnell*
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Monsanto Company, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63167, U.S.A
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The human race has previously utilized biotechnology (defined as the use of microorganisms or biological substances to perform industrial purposes) for thousands of years to produce foods such as beer, wine, cheese and yogurt. In recent decades, biotechnology has been successfully employed to improve plant and animal products beneficial to livestock and humans while indirectly improving the environment through pesticide reduction.

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